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Madeline Mavrogordato; Caroline Bartlett; Rebecca Callahan; David DeMatthews; Elena Izquierdo – EdResearch for Action, 2024
The EdResearch for Action "Overview Series" summarizes the research on key topics to provide K-12 education decision makers and advocates with an evidence base to ground discussions about how to best serve students. This research brief breaks down what is known about multilingual students classified as English Learners (ML-ELs), how…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English Language Learners, Classification, Elementary School Students
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Hughes, John; Petscher, Yaacov – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2016
The high rate of students taking developmental education courses suggests that many students graduate from high school unready to meet college expectations. A college readiness screener can help colleges and school districts better identify students who are not ready for college credit courses. The primary audience for this guide is leaders and…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Screening Tests, Test Construction, Predictor Variables
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Seid, Carol – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
The author had been an elementary administrator for about nine years when she first heard about the SAM (School Administration Manager) project. SAM is a national pilot project funded by The Wallace foundation to better understand how principals spend their time and to develop strategies to help principals focus more of their time on teaching and…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Administration, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
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Li, David C. S. – AILA Review, 2009
Despite the Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region) government's determination to implement the "mother tongue education" policy amid strong social resistance one year after the handover, English remains a prestigious language in society. The need for Putonghua (Mandarin/Standard Chinese) is also increasing following ever-expanding…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, English (Second Language)
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Nicholas, Clarence L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Describes a method for controlling minor incidents of disruptive behavior and failure to prepare for class. (MCG)
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Discipline Policy
Alberta Education, 2009
Alberta Education provides programming support and funding to school authorities to develop and implement special education programming for ECS children and students in grades 1 to 12. "Special Education Coding Criteria 2009/2010" outlines criteria within specific categories to help school authorities identify those children and students…
Descriptors: Individualized Programs, Criteria, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
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Lentini, Allan A. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1985
This article describes background and study process used by a committee of librarians and library administrators at Cornell University that has, over the past few years, significantly changed the structure of the paraprofessional staff classification scheme. Job Review Committee recommendations and job titles by "family" (library aide,…
Descriptors: Classification, College Libraries, Committees, Higher Education
Rhone, David H. – Information Legislative Service, 1982
Teacher salary schedules are essentially an automatic device establishing pay in terms of degrees, credits earned, and number of years teaching. An alternative solution is the use of position classification, a systematic method to evaluate and pay work forces equitably. It involves gathering accurate information about each job, choosing a process…
Descriptors: Classification, Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Development, Educational Finance
Bauers, Harold L. – School Business Affairs, 1987
An automated list of bidders can be organized to provide an effective means of soliciting qualified suppliers to school districts. The system in Frederick County, Maryland, is described. (MLF)
Descriptors: Bids, Classification, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing
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Wilson, Carole F.; And Others – Journal of Library Administration, 1986
Academic institutions having curriculum centers were surveyed regarding cataloging, classification, and resource sharing of curriculum materials. Findings showed a variety of cataloging and classification practices and a low rate of input of records onto national bibliographic utilities, such as OCLC. Standardization and usage of materials were…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Classification
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Guthrie, David S. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
A discussion of the diversity of today's church-related colleges and universities looks at basic institutional characteristics such as Carnegie classification, range of denominational affiliation, enrollments, and tuition. Four taxonomies developed to classify and organize the wide range of church-related colleges are also examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Classification, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
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Brinkman, Paul T. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1992
A framework for analyzing and classifying cost factors in higher education is presented. Costs are located in three sources (individual colleges and universities, the higher education community, and the socioeconomic and scientific-technological environment), and within each source, are a result of either cultural or material conditions. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classification, College Administration, Costs, Higher Education
Ewell, Peter T. – 1983
The use of student outcomes data in higher education is discussed. Consideration is given to a widely recognized taxonomy of student outcomes developed by Alexander Astin and his associates, and a classification of outcomes developed by Oscar Lenning and his associates at the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS). Issues…
Descriptors: Classification, College Graduates, Databases, Educational Assessment
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Wajenberg, Arnold S. – Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 1987
Describes the decentralization of original cataloging responsibilities that resulted from the development of an online catalog in an academic library, and a training program for the public service librarians responsible for cataloging. The importance of having cataloging conform with national standards is emphasized. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Decentralization
Hoover, Ronald G. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1990
Data management challenges at the Pennsylvania State University are discussed, including providing user access to data, developing a classification system for data elements, eliminating the manual process for creating tailored user views, and developing data dictionary user enhancements. Solutions are provided to give insight into problem solving.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Classification, Database Management Systems
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